Awesome! Good for you. What’s the saying, “WHen the student is ready …”
My prediction: In five months your picture of the tiger monk will be changed to some old guy who looks like he’s not doing much, but you’ll know better.
Congrats again. Sounds like this man could be the one for you.
JF Springer
JF Springer
“It appears to be yuan fen.”
I understand what your saying. Im not to sure on all the facts yet so im trying to research such things right now. Yuan Fen is someone i dont yet fully comprehend but desperately want to. Im not sure my current sifu would know or not i will have to ask him. Some things i prefer to research on my own though and this is one of them. Thank you though, i was having the exact same feeling and kind of hoping someone might mention that name.
friday
Thats a great story as well. The story of how i met my current sifu is actualy quite interesting as well but ill leave that for next time. Right now i need to sleep so i can actualy meet him tommorow.
ji way lung
Yes it is William Ho:D Im glad to hear you have had a good experience with him also. LOL did you know he has actualy caught red handed several robbers in that park;)
Ka
His name is William Ho and he trains in the Chinese gardens basicaly every mourning. Im going hopefully tommorow morning so ill fill you all in properly then.
Anyway thanks for everyones posts its great to see so many dedicated Sydney practioners around. If only the rest of the world realised half the best kung fu masters are to be found in Sydney Australia.
P.S I almost forgot… He teachs lion dancing as well:D 
Don’t let the romance of the situation draw you away from the reality of training, but do enjoy :)!
EvolutionFist
"My prediction: In five months your picture of the tiger monk will be changed to some old guy who looks like he’s not doing much, but you’ll know better. "
Hey that guy in my avatar is Lam Sai Wing, he is not to be messed with and i would never do him the injustice of replacing him:D
Seriously though thanks for your kind words, i understand your background and know you are an internal martial artist for a reason.
Still i plan on keeping on with my Hung Ga and letting the two skills help each other. Or at least ill have two very different sets of skills and ill have an idea of how both internal and external arts work. The footwork and circles of Bagwa with the five animals and iron thread of hung, that is my ulitimate aim.
I couldnt leave my current sifu totaly, that would be way to disrespectfull in the position im in. I have made certain promices i plan to keep:)
Wow Jon! Sounds like you found the real deal!
that’s true
Keep your options open for now. Don’t rule anthing out. I was in a similiar situation. I was learning Hun Gar from one of Frank Yees old students from the 70’s, then got into S. Mantis with one of Milton Chin’s disciples. I was very pleased. Then the door to my master was opened. I am still close to my old teacher and his small group of students, there were only 5 of us, but sometimes its just time to move on.
As for two sets of skills, I don’t know. There is your skill. You once roade a big wheel I’m sure, then a bike with training wheels, and then a bike with no training wheels. YOu take each of those with you, but in the end, you have a NEW skill, built upon work in the past.
If this man is knowledgable in internal, you will see, your view of combat will change. I’m all about reality, training for what can happen on the streets-- always have been. The way I view an altercation has changed much, the emphasis has changed. Just keep an open mind. My sifu leaves an empty bucket at his door, for all uf us who have been training a while to drop our ego’s and knowledge in, so we come fresh and empty – this way he can fill us.
Hey, I love Hung Gar too, great heritage. I love s. mantis also. I like bait fishing, I like lure bass fishing, but in the end, I’m a fly fisherman. It’s all fishing though.
I’m willing to bet this guy doesn’t advertise either, does he? It’s like we’ve said all along: ‘You have to search for a good instructor.’ Sweet. I envy you, too.
Jammy. Fcking. Bstard.
Understand?
That’s really cool jon, you the man!
That is TOTALLY AWESOME!!! Good on you, man. Just out of curiosity, for the internal martial artists out there, how many of you think it would be conflicting or counter productive to learn hung gar and bagua simultaneously, unless you had ‘mastered’ one first? Aren’t they supposed to be pretty opposite?
What is ‘yuan fen’???
ohhhh…so thats where it is, thanks ji way lung
So many masters, so little time 
Hey people,So now everyone knows where Belmore pk is.If you speak guangdonghua it’s worth going down there on a weekday morning at about 8/9am there are several different groups doing there thing,Still keen to meet up Friday,am little busy moving House at the moment(still in Ultimo).
Jon I used to train under William about 2 years ago,I will post my email in my profile,I can give you a few other names that you might want to check out in the Sydney area.
Yeah William’s certianly one of the nicest teachers I have meet,and check out his old photos of his body building days in Taiwan.
Anyway happy to chat about your local MA experiences,I’m nothing special but I know a few different stlyes of BGZ and there teachers around here and what each one focuses on.
So drop us a line:)
Quick update…
Ive still got my friend down from Newcastle but i just wanted to fill everyone in quickly.
I couldnt sleep typicaly last night but managed to drag my tired a$$ out of bed in just enough time to get there for the last hour of the lesson. In the typical fashion i was to late and he had already gone home:eek: Still i had a nice train in the chinese gardens and gave him a call on his mobile.
I now have a more concreate arangement to meet him at 9.30 at the same place.
Its the most ammazing place ive ever seen!
Looks just like a traditional kung school. Its just a room in the gardens but it looks out onto the pond full of fish and its covered in awesome calligraphy and art. They even have a full on school sign accross the top on the joint. Was just to much i had to sit down and just BE there for a while. I spent over an hour just sitting there quitely before going home. I also found out he teaches a three year course so ill look into that too.
Anyway untill tommorow 
Ka
Thanks for the kind offer, ill definately get in contact with you very soon i would appreciate a bit of imput into the Sydney internal schools. Im just flat out atm so it may take me a few days.
Thanks everyone for your support and kind words:)
Jon, what’s your e-mail address - I’d like to have a word, if I may.
Hey Australian Kung Fu brothers,
Off topic question, where in Australia is the zoo that the famous Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin owns? He is always on TV here in the United States, Discovery Channel. Do you know who I refering to? I am hoping to visit out there this year or maybe next year and would love to see his zoo.
Thank you,
Joe Keit
truthfully one person i would hate to fight
is the crocodile hunter that guy is nutty in a calm way,before i learnt his dad was a crochunter,raised him in the trade,i would see his show,and just be like who’s this fruit,now i have great respect for him,i couldnt see myself doing those things,unless i grew up around it,i still get edgy on spiders…
yakno he has his own line of dolls now,is he big in OZ.
“yuan fen”
everyone probably knows what this means already but what the hey…yuan fen means “fate”